If the majority of the world, and more so the Western world including the US. consider that denigrating and dehumanizing the Jews is bad, and it is in full collusion with antisemitism, I for one fully second that opinion and stand by it. But then shouldn't we all do the same with all other religions and other ethnic groups and minorities ??
The first that comes to mind would be the Palestinians, who are suffering exactly the same fate, and the same treatment and the same brutality, the same tactics and apartheid rules Jews suffered from in many instances of their history, and funny enough, both fall under the same category of being Semites, the same Semitic race, that follow the same God and share many of his prophets and rituals.
Anti-Semitism as it's being debated lately at different levels in America and Europe simultaneously, is being absolutely proven to be very different and separate from anti-Zionism or anti-Israeli political and military tactics and strategies. On the contrary all efforts to fight anti-Semitism while creating a de facto accepted situation of annihilation, denigration and dehumanization of the entire non Jewish natives of the land, would only worsen the situation, and lead to more injustice to both people and to the case of anti-Semitism in general. Ignoring one side of it will surely undermine the moral basis of the other one.
Ilhan Omar, the new American Congresswoman, accused of anti-Semitism after describing and criticizing the lobbying power of AIPAC and their tactics to influence US legislators, policies and blind faith in Israeli actions against millions of Palestinians within Israel itself, the occupied territories and outside refugees, she criticized the US government's unconditional support for illegal and internationally condemned settlements, that kills any remaining chance of peace in the future .
She spoke clearly against the role of money in politics and its influence on American politicians. But let's face it and honestly admit, that all her accusations were purely political and non was anti-Semitic, her address to Congress was perfectly within her rights as a member.
What really constitute anti-Semitism is the reaction of part of the media, the president and his apparatus, oligarchy and family and various profiteering politicians who all maintained stupidly that criticizing US policy toward Israel and Israeli acts of brutal colonialism, apartheid and blunt theft of land, on individual and state levels, they all maintained that this type of criticism is the same as attacking the Jewish faith or the Jewish people, very cheap political and electoral manipulation indeed.
Many people including myself, have reached the political conclusion, that since Israel's politicians and settlers' tactics practically killed the two States solution, and rendered it totally unrealisable, the only solution left to this horrific injustice is the one country, genuinely democratic, secular and serving all of its people from all faiths and color and ethnic background on equal foot. Only then real peace could be achieved, we have reached a time where no one aspire to throw all Israelis into the sea, nor annihilate and exterminate all the millions of Palestinians.
Peace could then be achieved internally and with all Arab, Muslem and non Arab states of the region, at least it is widely known and fully recognized that Arabs throughout history were never anti-Semitic, or active in persecuting, annihilating and dehumanizing Jews. They've always historically managed to coexist and live together in fair harmony and peace.
This Israeli Zionist policy is not really part of the Jewish philosophy nor part of its intellect, it follows more in the footsteps of European historical colonialism and more so the recent American hegemony, "Israel is the nation-state of Jews alone" Mr Netanyahu responds to a TV star who said that Arabs are equal citizens, and they are human beings too. A considerable part of the problem lies in the Zionist approach, views and tactics, they too have to help the world get rid of its bad habits of anti-Semitic tendencies and not perpetuate everything ugly in its power to encourage it .
My usual profound thanks to all my readers in America and around the world.
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